Re: [IAEP] Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

2017-04-29 Thread Tony Anderson 

Something like:

Sugar Lab's provides tools.

or

Sugar Labs provides Sugar.

Tony


On 04/30/2017 12:58 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:


Hi Tony,


A mission statement needs to be very short and succinct. It should be 
short enough for you to write it on the back of a business card. The 
average "Joe" (or Mary, for that matter) doesn't have a clue (or 
care) who Jean Piaget, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, or Alan Kay 
are. It isn't the job of the mission statement to tell them. That is 
your job, should you decide it is needed.



As for listing all the iterations and forms of Sugar and the tools 
that support it, simply talking about a "collection of tools" does the 
job very nicely. If folks want to know more they can ask or look it up 
or you can tell them. But the mission statement doesn't have to list 
every flower in our beautiful garden!



Caryl


*From:* Tony Anderson 
*Sent:* Friday, April 28, 2017 6:31:24 PM
*To:* Caryl Bigenho; iaep; walter.ben...@gmail.com; Samson Goddy; 
Lionel Laske; Adam Holt; igna...@sugarlabs.org; Laura Vargas; sameer verma

*Subject:* Re: Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement
Compare:

"Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run project whose mission is to reach 
global learners and educators with a collection of tools that enable 
them to explore, discover, create, and reflect in their local 
language. Sugar Labs distributes these tools freely and encourages its 
users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility for 
their learning." (proposed motion)


/
/

"Sugar is a learning platform based on the constructionist educational 
principles of Jean Piaget, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, and Alan 
Kay. Sugar Labs is responsible to develop, distribute, and support 
Sugar with the help of a global volunteer community of contributors. 
Sugar Labs provides Sugar in two forms: Sugar for personal computers 
and XOs and Sugarizer (Sugar Mobile) for mobile devices and the Web." 
Motion approved January 2017.


It is hard to avoid the conclusion that Sugar Labs is not comfortable 
with its 'learning platform' but prefers to offer a set of tools from 
which our users can pick and choose.


Sugar as a learning platform supports collaboration, provides a 
Journal, uses icons to minimize dependence on language skills  and 
provides a common human interface to make easier discovery of new 
capabilities.


XSCE has been working with Kids on Computers. KOC did not even 
consider Sugar but chose UberMix. If you don't need a platform but are 
happy with a collection of tools, UberMix meets the need. 
(http://www.ubermix.org/about.html and 
https://opensource.com/life/13/2/kramden-institute-ubermix-digital-divide).


Tony


On 04/29/2017 12:52 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:


Hi...


A few things...


First... Walter made this motion and it was seconded by several board 
members. Therefore it should be voted on, up or down, before 
considering Laura's substitute motion. I see nothing wrong with this 
mission statement. It is clear and concise and describes exactly what 
Sugar Labs is all about.



Walter's motion:


/Revise the Sugar Labs mission statement to "Sugar Labs is a 
volunteer-run project whose mission// is to reach global learners and 
educators with a collection of tools that enable them to explore, 
discover, create, and reflect in their local language. Sugar Labs 
distributes these tools freely and encourages its users to 
appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility for their 
learning."/


/
/

Second... when you reply to an email, unless it is private SLOB 
business, please be sure you have included iaep in the addresses. 
Otherwise your messages look blank to everyone who isn't a SLOB 
member. It is called "sunshine."



Third... After the mission statement  is approved, or a 
substitute (but I hope it is this one), it will be time to consider 
long term goals for Sugar Labs. There should be only 4 or 5 at most. 
I have copies of 4 of the 5 that were proposed earlier. Walter may 
still have a copy of the 5th one. After the mission statement issue 
is settled, I'll send what I have out so you can all work on getting 
them just the way they should be.



Please understand, goals are NOT the same as objectives. They are 
much more general. Objectives are designed to help achieve the goals 
and have a definite form... /who/ will do /what/ by /when/, /how/ 
will it be done and /how/ will success be measured. Goals do NOT have 
these elements!



Proposals for future use of Sugar Labs funds should be directed to 
meet specific /objectives/ and thus our goals and our mission. They 
are all interconnected.



Caryl


P.S. Shouldn't there be a SLOB meeting today? I didn't see a notice 
on the iaep list.






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Re: [IAEP] Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

2017-04-29 Thread Caryl Bigenho 
Hi Tony,


A mission statement needs to be very short and succinct. It should be short 
enough for you to write it on the back of a business card. The average "Joe" 
(or Mary, for that matter) doesn't have a clue (or care) who Jean Piaget, 
Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, or Alan Kay are. It isn't the job of the 
mission statement to tell them. That is your job, should you decide it is 
needed.


As for listing all the iterations and forms of Sugar and the tools that support 
it, simply talking about a "collection of tools" does the job very nicely. If 
folks want to know more they can ask or look it up or you can tell them. But 
the mission statement doesn't have to list every flower in our beautiful garden!


Caryl[]


From: Tony Anderson 
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 6:31:24 PM
To: Caryl Bigenho; iaep; walter.ben...@gmail.com; Samson Goddy; Lionel Laske; 
Adam Holt; igna...@sugarlabs.org; Laura Vargas; sameer verma
Subject: Re: Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

Compare:

"Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run project whose mission is to reach global 
learners and educators with a collection of tools that enable them to explore, 
discover, create, and reflect in their local language. Sugar Labs distributes 
these tools freely and encourages its users to appropriate them, taking 
ownership and responsibility for their learning." (proposed motion)


"Sugar is a learning platform based on the constructionist educational 
principles of Jean Piaget, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, and Alan Kay. Sugar 
Labs is responsible to develop, distribute, and support Sugar with the help of 
a global volunteer community of contributors. Sugar Labs provides Sugar in two 
forms: Sugar for personal computers and XOs and Sugarizer (Sugar Mobile) for 
mobile devices and the Web." Motion approved January 2017.

It is hard to avoid the conclusion that Sugar Labs is not comfortable with its 
'learning platform' but prefers to offer a set of tools from which our users 
can pick and choose.

Sugar as a learning platform supports collaboration, provides a Journal, uses 
icons to minimize dependence on language skills  and provides a common human 
interface to make easier discovery of new capabilities.

XSCE has been working with Kids on Computers. KOC did not even consider Sugar 
but chose UberMix. If you don't need a platform but are happy with a collection 
of tools, UberMix meets the need. (http://www.ubermix.org/about.html and 
https://opensource.com/life/13/2/kramden-institute-ubermix-digital-divide).

Tony


On 04/29/2017 12:52 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:

Hi...


A few things...


First... Walter made this motion and it was seconded by several board members. 
Therefore it should be voted on, up or down, before considering Laura's 
substitute motion. I see nothing wrong with this mission statement. It is clear 
and concise and describes exactly what Sugar Labs is all about.


Walter's motion:


Revise the Sugar Labs mission statement to "Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run 
project whose mission is to reach global learners and educators with a 
collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect 
in their local language. Sugar Labs distributes these tools freely and 
encourages its users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility 
for their learning."


Second... when you reply to an email, unless it is private SLOB business, 
please be sure you have included iaep in the addresses. Otherwise your messages 
look blank to everyone who isn't a SLOB member. It is called "sunshine."


Third... After the mission statement  is approved, or a substitute (but I hope 
it is this one), it will be time to consider long term goals for Sugar Labs. 
There should be only 4 or 5 at most. I have copies of 4 of the 5 that were 
proposed earlier. Walter may still have a copy of the 5th one. After the 
mission statement issue is settled, I'll send what I have out so you can all 
work on getting them just the way they should be.


Please understand, goals are NOT the same as objectives. They are much more 
general. Objectives are designed to help achieve the goals and have a definite 
form... who will do what by when, how will it be done and how will success be 
measured. Goals do NOT have these elements!


Proposals for future use of Sugar Labs funds should be directed to meet 
specific objectives and thus our goals and our mission. They are all 
interconnected.


Caryl


P.S. Shouldn't there be a SLOB meeting today? I didn't see a notice on the iaep 
list.

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